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Green Scissors

Cutting wasteful handouts to special interests that prop up polluting industries related to these categories will reduce pollution and free up money that can be spent on modern infrastructure investments.

Biden administration suspends drilling in Arctic Refuge

Oil leases should never have been sold here. Now, we need our leaders to make sure it never happens again.

Biden administration reverses rollback on methane regulation rule

Letting oil and gas companies freely leak methane, a potent greenhouse gas, makes no sense.

Target joins growing list of companies committed to reducing plastic use

After years of sustained advocacy, the tide may be turning on single-use plastics.

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Oregon becomes the eighth state to go 100 percent

With a new commitment to 100 percent clean electricity signed into law, the Beaver State joins an important club

News Release | Environment America

Water athletes call for clean water infrastructure

Swimmers, sailors, surfers, and rowers from 30 different states called on Congress Tuesday to invest billions of dollars in clean water projects as part of any major federal infrastructure package.

Report | Environment California Research & Policy Center

Rooftop Solar at Risk

Rooftop solar power is an essential tool for California to meet its ambitious climate and clean energy goals. California has become the nation’s solar energy leader by adopting policies that have nurtured and grown the state’s market for distributed solar panels on homes and businesses consistently, year after year. 

News Release | Environment America

Oregon commits to 100 percent clean electricity by 2040

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown celebrated the signing of a bill committing electricity providers to deliver 100 percent clean power to Oregon customers by 2040 into law at a ceremony on Tuesday. The move builds on a national trend, as it makes Oregon the eighth state to enact a legislative commitment to 100 percent clean or renewable electricity. 

News Release | Environment America Research & Policy Center

Advocates: California risks ‘solar cliff’

Sharply reducing net metering payments and imposing high, solar-only fixed charges could slow the growth of rooftop solar installations – and, in the most extreme cases, could cause installations to plummet -- according to a new report released Tuesday by Environment California Research & Policy Center, CALPIRG Education Fund and Frontier Group.

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Coronavirus update

Our work to defend the environment can’t stop and won’t stop in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. We’ll keep advocating on your behalf — at a safe social distance — for clean air, clean water, clean energy, wildlife and open spaces, and a livable climate.